TABLE 3.

Multinomial Logistic Regression Analyses of Patterns of Past-Year Alcohol Use Among Past-Year Alcohol Users Aged ≥50 Years Old^a

	Men (3,243)						Women (3,321)
	At-Risk vs. Low-Risk		Binge Drinking vs. Low-Risk		Binge Drinking vs. At-Risk		At-Risk vs. Low-Risk		Binge Drinking vs. Low-Risk		Binge Drinking vs. At-Risk
Predictor	Adjusted Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	Adjusted Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	Adjusted Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	Adjusted Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	Adjusted Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	Adjusted Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval
Age 50–64 years (vs. =65)	1.5**	1.12–2.01	1.6**	1.12–2.14	1.0	0.73–1.41	1.2	0.88–1.52	2.2**	1.53–3.22	1.9**	1.23–2.92
Race/ethnicity
Caucasian (vs. African American)	1.0	0.61–1.64	0.9	0.52–1.42	0.8	0.48–1.47	1.1	0.62–2.05	0.4**	0.27–0.65	0.3**	0.18–0.57
Hispanic (vs. African American)	1.0	0.52–1.87	1.4	0.76–2.57	1.4	0.64–3.15	1.1	0.58–2.13	0.5*	0.26–0.86	0.3**	0.16–0.74
Other (vs. African American)	0.6	0.24–1.66	0.7	0.30–1.84	1.2	0.43–3.42	0.8	0.25–2.34	0.7	0.35–1.51	1.0	0.30–3.18
Educational level
High school (vs. <high school)	0.9	0.59–1.47	1.1	0.73–1.60	1.1	0.71–1.78	2.4**	1.42–4.06	0.8	0.54–1.26	0.3**	0.17–0.59
≥College (vs. <high school)	0.8	0.50–1.11	0.7	0.44–1.05	0.9	0.55–1.44	2.3**	1.42–3.75	0.5**	0.32–0.80	0.2**	0.10–0.37
Marital status
Separate/divorced/widowed (vs. married)	1.5*	1.08–2.05	1.6**	1.17–2.04	1.0	0.73–1.38	1.4*	1.05–1.76	1.2	0.92–1.58	0.9	0.70–1.24
Never married (vs. married)	1.1	0.70–1.82	1.3	0.88–2.04	1.2	0.71–1.97	1.1	0.67–1.92	0.7	0.35–1.39	0.6	0.26–1.32
Employed (vs. not employed)	1.1	0.85–1.47	1.0	0.78–1.33	1.0	0.72–1.29	1.1	0.86–1.50	1.1	0.80–1.54	1.0	0.68–1.52
Family income (annual)
$40,000–$74,999 (vs. <$40,000)	1.2	0.92–1.61	0.9	0.68–1.18	0.7	0.52–1.03	1.1	0.80–1.59	0.8	0.54–1.11	0.7	0.47–1.05
≤$75,000 (vs. <$40,000)	1.7**	1.17–2.44	1.1	0.86–1.51	0.7*	0.45–0.94	1.2	0.89–1.73	0.6*	0.43–0.95	0.5**	0.33–0.84
Serious psychological distress (vs. none)	0.8	0.44–1.42	0.9	0.52–1.54	1.1	0.58–2.09	0.8	0.49–1.36	0.8	0.55–1.40	1.1	0.61–1.83
Tobacco smoking (vs. none)	1.4**	1.08–1.76	2.5**	1.93–3.14	1.8**	1.35–2.39	1.3*	1.00–1.58	2.1**	1.59–2.83	1.8**	1.28–2.40
Use of illicit drugs (vs. none)	1.9	0.95–3.85	3.3**	1.99–5.51	1.7*	1.00–3.00	1.3	0.68–2.52	1.2	0.59–2.41	0.9	0.43–1.77
Nonmedical use of prescription drugs (vs. none)	0.8	0.34–1.69	1.3	0.68–2.48	1.7	0.76–3.94	1.0	0.44–2.44	2.9**	1.49–5.82	2.8*	1.06–7.42
Survey year 2005 (vs. 2006)	1.1	0.85–1.34	0.9	0.69–1.10	0.8	0.63–1.01	1.1	0.85–1.32	1.0	0.77–1.38	1.0	0.71–1.32

^aData from the 2005–2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (N=6,564).

^*p≤0.05.

^**p≤0.01.